PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Latka Gravas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edward Richtofen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gravas
vs
Richtofen

185 cm
29
199 lbs
21 - 11 - 1

190 cm
23
195 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Latka Gravas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Edward Richtofen!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Paul Tew and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Richtofen takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Gravas throws out a leg kick but Richtofen moves out of range and Gravas only half commits.
Richtofen blocks a low kick nicely.
Richtofen does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Richtofen throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Gravas on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Gravas with a nice cross.
Gravas uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Richtofen.
Gravas ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Richtofen moves away.
Richtofen looks to throw the jab but Gravas is out of range.
Gravas throws a leg kick
and Richtofen counters with a nice low kick that buckles Gravas's knee momentarily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gravas misses with a hook.
Gravas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gravas looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Gravas lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Gravas fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Richtofen manages to avoid it.
Gravas throws a front kick aimed at Richtofen's knee but Richtofen avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gravas misses with a jab to the body
and Richtofen counters with a nice body kick.
Latka Gravas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Richtofen clinches up with Gravas and pushes him back against the cage.
Gravas looking to throw knees to the head but Richtofen is blocking nicely.
Gravas looking to slow down the pace here.
Richtofen tries to work over Gravas's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gravas wants to stall.
Richtofen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gravas backwards.
Gravas lands a right hand.
Stalling in the clinch from Richtofen.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Richtofen as Gravas tries to tie him up.
Richtofen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Gravas has a couple of punches blocked by Richtofen.
Gravas lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Richtofen tries to work over Gravas's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gravas tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Richtofen digs a right hand into Gravas's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Gravas's gas tank.
Gravas can't break the clinch.
Richtofen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gravas backwards.
Gravas throws a head punch that misses.
Richtofen works on Gravas's body with a couple of short punches.
Gravas is breathing heavily.
Gravas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Richtofen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Gravas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Richtofen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Gravas misses with a hook from the clinch.
Richtofen prevents a body shot from Gravas.
Richtofen tries a body shot but Gravas blocks it.
A short uppercut from Richtofen.
Richtofen throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gravass head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Richtofen takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Gravas swings wildly with an uppercut but Richtofen uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gravas misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gravas throws a head punch that misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Gravas working Richtofen over with knees to the body.
Richtofen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Richtofen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Richtofen swings wildly with an uppercut but Gravas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gravas blocking some punches.
Gravas swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Gravas pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Gravas slowing the pace effectively.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Richtofen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gravas backwards.
Richtofen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gravas backwards.
Richtofen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Richtofen pushes Gravas back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Richtofen lands a hook that snaps the head of Gravas backwards.
A short left from Richtofen.
Richtofen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gravas backwards.
Gravas misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Richtofen.
Gravas misses with some punches.
Richtofen tries to throw a body punch but Gravas avoids it by throwing Richtofen back against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Richtofen.
Richtofen scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Gravas is rocked!
Gravas misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gravas lands an elbow just above Richtofen 's eye.

It looks like Edward Richtofen has been cut.
Gravas misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gravas.
Gravas wants to stall.
Gravas is stalling here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Edward Richtofen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Edward Richtofen's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

A jab from Richtofen finds it's way through Gravas's defenses.

Richtofen instigates a clinch.
Gravas's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Gravas looking to stall.
Richtofen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Richtofen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Richtofen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Edward Richtofen seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A bit of stalling here from Gravas.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gravas.
Gravas tries to stall but Richtofen uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Richtofen throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gravass head.
Richtofen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gravas throws a punch but it's blocked by Richtofen.
Gravas scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A right handed body shot lands from Richtofen.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head punch on the inside from Gravas fails to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gravas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Richtofen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gravas backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gravas.
A right hook to the body lands for Richtofen.
Richtofen misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gravas.
Richtofen stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Richtofen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Richtofen throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gravass head.
Gravas missing with knees to the body.
Gravas misses with a punch on the inside.
Richtofen misses with a body punch.
Richtofen digs a right hand underneath Gravas's ribcage. Gravas let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A left hand lands to the body for Richtofen.
Richtofen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Richtofen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gravas backwards.
Richtofen blocking some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Richtofen leaning his opponent against the cage.
Richtofen lands a right hand.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Gravas just misses with a elbow thrown towards Richtofen's brow.
Richtofen leaning his opponent against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Richtofen creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Gravas wants to break free but Richtofen has control.
Richtofen works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Richtofen taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Richtofen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Richtofen lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gravas working hard to break the clinch.
Gravas is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Richtofen stalling the fight.
Richtofen lands a hook to the side of the head.
Richtofen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gravas misses with a punch on the inside.
Richtofen lands a shoulder strike.
Richtofen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gravas's elbow.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Richtofen lands a nice uppercut.
Richtofen prevents Gravas from breaking the clinch.
Gravas working aggressively here.
Gravas lands a right hand that snaps the head of Richtofen backwards.
Richtofen scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short uppercut from Richtofen.
Oh Gravas is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Richtofen.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Richtofen stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Gravas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Richtofen taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Gravas seems to have got his legs back now.
Richtofen presses Gravas against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Richtofen taking a breather.
A hook to the body from Richtofen.
Richtofen avoiding damage.
Richtofen lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Richtofen scores with a shot to the side of Gravas's head.
Richtofen lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Richtofen avoiding damage.
Richtofen pushes Gravas back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Richtofen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Richtofen stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Richtofen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Gravas lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Richtofen backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Edward Richtofen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Edward Richtofen's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

A swing and a miss from Gravas.
Richtofen misses with a kick to the body
and Gravas counters with a leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Richtofen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Edward Richtofen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Left hook, right uppercut from Gravas.
Gravas uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Richtofen.
Richtofen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gravas.
Richtofen throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Gravas stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Richtofen drops Gravas with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Gravas! Richtofen dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Edward Richtofen!
An out of breath Edward Richtofen thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.